putrid

Definitions


[ˈpjuːtrɪd], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of organic matter) decaying or rotting and emitting a fetid smell
(e.g: a butcher who sold putrid meat)

- very unpleasant; repulsive
(e.g: the cocktail is a putrid pink colour)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin putridus, from putrere ‘to rot’, from puter, putr- ‘rotten’




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